Faith Affiliation, Religiosity, and Altruistic Behaviors : An Analysis of Gallup World Poll Data

This article provides an empirical assessment of the potential effects of faith affiliation and religiosity on altruistic behaviors across the world. We use data on more than 100 countries and 200,000 individuals from the Gallup World Poll between 2012 and 2016. To test for relationship of faith aff...

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Main Authors:	Nguyen, Hoa, Wodon, Quentin
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Taylor and Francis 2018
Subjects:	FAITH RELIGIOSITY ALTRUISM VOLUNTEERISM CHARITABLE DONATIONS
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30149

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spelling	okr-10986-301492021-05-25T10:54:40Z Faith Affiliation, Religiosity, and Altruistic Behaviors : An Analysis of Gallup World Poll Data Nguyen, Hoa Wodon, Quentin FAITH RELIGIOSITY ALTRUISM VOLUNTEERISM CHARITABLE DONATIONS This article provides an empirical assessment of the potential effects of faith affiliation and religiosity on altruistic behaviors across the world. We use data on more than 100 countries and 200,000 individuals from the Gallup World Poll between 2012 and 2016. To test for relationship of faith affiliation and reigiosity with altruistic behaviors (charitable donations, volunteering, and help provided to strangers), we control for many other variables. We find that, controlling for other factors, individuals who declare that religion is important in their life tend to have a higher likelihood of demonstrating altruistic behaviors. 2018-08-06T19:37:30Z 2018-08-06T19:37:30Z 2018-06-05 Journal Article The Review of Faith and International Affairs 1557-0274 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30149 CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Taylor and Francis Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research
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topic	FAITH RELIGIOSITY ALTRUISM VOLUNTEERISM CHARITABLE DONATIONS
spellingShingle	FAITH RELIGIOSITY ALTRUISM VOLUNTEERISM CHARITABLE DONATIONS Nguyen, Hoa Wodon, Quentin Faith Affiliation, Religiosity, and Altruistic Behaviors : An Analysis of Gallup World Poll Data
description	This article provides an empirical assessment of the potential effects of faith affiliation and religiosity on altruistic behaviors across the world. We use data on more than 100 countries and 200,000 individuals from the Gallup World Poll between 2012 and 2016. To test for relationship of faith affiliation and reigiosity with altruistic behaviors (charitable donations, volunteering, and help provided to strangers), we control for many other variables. We find that, controlling for other factors, individuals who declare that religion is important in their life tend to have a higher likelihood of demonstrating altruistic behaviors.
format	Journal Article
author	Nguyen, Hoa Wodon, Quentin
author_facet	Nguyen, Hoa Wodon, Quentin
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title	Faith Affiliation, Religiosity, and Altruistic Behaviors : An Analysis of Gallup World Poll Data
title_short	Faith Affiliation, Religiosity, and Altruistic Behaviors : An Analysis of Gallup World Poll Data
title_full	Faith Affiliation, Religiosity, and Altruistic Behaviors : An Analysis of Gallup World Poll Data
title_fullStr	Faith Affiliation, Religiosity, and Altruistic Behaviors : An Analysis of Gallup World Poll Data
title_full_unstemmed	Faith Affiliation, Religiosity, and Altruistic Behaviors : An Analysis of Gallup World Poll Data
title_sort	faith affiliation, religiosity, and altruistic behaviors : an analysis of gallup world poll data
publisher	Taylor and Francis
publishDate	2018
url	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30149
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Faith Affiliation, Religiosity, and Altruistic Behaviors : An Analysis of Gallup World Poll Data

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